JP2006036091A - Vehicle storage box - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicular storage box capable of suitably illuminating a storage section over a wide range.
A console box 11 includes a box body 12 having a bottomed rectangular tube shape and a lid body 13 that closes an opening of the box body 12 so that the opening can be opened and closed. The lid body 13 includes an inner lid 15 and an outer lid 16 provided outside the inner lid 15. The inner lid 15 and the outer lid 16 are pivotally attached to the left and right side walls of the box body 12 so as to pivot vertically about a pivot shaft 17 (20) disposed at the rear end of each. Yes. An LED 23 is provided on the inner surface of the front end portion of the outer lid 16. Then, when the outer lid 16 rotates upward and the first storage part 14 is opened, the light of the LED 23 is tilted from the rear side obliquely upward to the front side obliquely downward with respect to the first storage part 14. Irradiated.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle storage box such as a console box installed between a driver seat and a passenger seat in a vehicle.

Conventionally, since it is difficult to visually recognize the inside of the console box at night, it is not easy to find a specific storage item from the console box, and it takes time. Therefore, in order to make it easy to visually recognize the inside of the console box even at night, a console box provided with an illumination device for illuminating the inside is known. As this type of console box, for example, the one shown in Patent Document 1 is known. This console box is composed of a box main body having a bottomed rectangular tube shape and a lid that closes an opening of the box main body so that the opening can be opened and closed. The console box is arranged such that its longitudinal direction coincides with the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. An LED (light emitting diode) module is fixed to the outer wall surface of the box body. The LED of this LED module is disposed in a through hole whose tip end penetrates the outer wall of the box body. The LED light is emitted into the box body through the through hole. Thereby, the inside of the box body is illuminated.
JP 2002-144965 A

  However, the conventional console box has a narrow illumination range because LEDs are provided on the outer wall surface of the box body. In particular, when a bulky storage item is disposed at a position facing the through-hole, there is a problem that the light from the LED is blocked by the storage item and the inside of the box body is not sufficiently illuminated. And, when the user visually recognizes the inside of the box body in order to take out the stored item from the box body at night, the user must find the desired stored item in a state where the lighting in the box body is not sufficiently performed. The work was inconvenient and troublesome. Therefore, the conventional console box still has room for improvement in terms of ease of use at night.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems existing in the prior art. An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicular storage box that can suitably illuminate the storage section over a wide range.

  In order to achieve the above object, a vehicle storage box according to a first aspect of the present invention is a vehicle storage box including a storage portion and a lid that closes an opening of the storage portion so as to be openable and closable. The gist of the invention is that a light source for illuminating the inside of the storage portion is provided on the inner surface of the lid.

  According to this structure, a light source is arrange | positioned on the outer side (position distant from the accommodating part) of the accommodating part with opening of a cover body. That is, since the inside of the storage unit is illuminated from the outside, the inside of the storage unit can be illuminated over a wide range. In addition, since the plurality of stored items stored in the storage unit are irradiated with light almost evenly, the stored items are brightly illuminated.

A storage box for a vehicle according to a second aspect of the present invention is the storage box for a vehicle according to the first aspect, wherein the lid body has a rotating shaft at one end and the light source at the other end. Is the gist.
According to this configuration, the lid can be rotated by the rotation shaft at one end thereof. The lid has a light source on the opposite side of the pivot shaft, that is, on the inner surface of the other end of the lid. For this reason, according to the structure of this Claim 2, compared with the structure which provides a light source in the center part or one end part (near the rotating shaft) of a cover body, when the cover body is rotated so that a storage part may be opened. In addition, a wide range of illumination from a position away from the storage unit is possible. Therefore, the inside of the storage unit can be more suitably illuminated.

  A storage box for a vehicle according to a third aspect of the present invention is the storage box for a vehicle according to the second aspect of the present invention, wherein the lid closes the inner lid so as to open and close the opening of the storage portion and the outer surface of the inner lid. The light source is provided on the inner surface of the outer lid, and the other end portion of the inner lid is provided with a through hole, and the light source projects from the inner surface of the inner lid through the through hole. This is the gist.

  According to this configuration, when both the outer lid and the inner lid are rotated from the state where the opening of the storage portion is closed by the inner lid, the storage portion is opened and the inside is illuminated by the light source. Further, when only the outer lid is rotated from the state where the opening of the storage portion is closed by the inner lid, the outer surface of the inner lid is opened and the outer surface is illuminated by the light source. Here, in claim 3, the light source projects from the inner surface of the inner lid in a state where both the outer lid and the inner lid are rotated. For this reason, when illuminating the inside of a storage part as mentioned above, almost all the light of a light source can be irradiated in a storage part. Therefore, the amount of light that illuminates the inside of the storage unit increases.

  According to the vehicle storage box of the present invention, the interior of the storage section can be suitably illuminated over a wide range.

Hereinafter, an embodiment in which a vehicle storage box of the present invention is embodied in a console box will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the console box 11 includes a box body 12 having a bottomed rectangular tube shape, and a lid body 13 having a long square plate shape that closes an upper end portion (opening) of the box body 12 so as to be openable and closable. It is made up of. The console box 11 is installed between the driver's seat and the passenger seat in the vehicle interior of the vehicle, and is arranged such that its longitudinal direction coincides with the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. And the console box 11 is attached on the floor panel (not shown) which comprises the floor surface of a vehicle.

  The box body 12 is made of synthetic resin, and is configured such that the upper surface is opened by a pair of side walls facing the left and right direction and the front and rear direction of the vehicle. The box body 12 has a first storage portion 14 for storing storage items in an area surrounded by the side wall. In the first storage portion 14, the lid body 13 includes an inner lid 15 and an outer lid 16 provided on the outer side (upward in FIG. 1) of the inner lid 15. The inner lid 15 is formed in the shape of a long rectangular plate, and the box body 12 (first storage) It is pivotally attached to the left and right side walls of the part 14). The opening of the first storage portion 14 of the box body 12 is closed by the inner lid 15 so as to be openable and closable.

  A second storage portion 18 is recessed on the outer surface (upper surface in FIG. 1) of the inner lid 15. The second storage portion 18 is formed in a shallow bottom with an upper surface opened, and a storage item such as a small item is stored therein. A through hole 19 is provided slightly on the front side (front end portion of the inner lid 15) from the second storage portion 18. The through hole 19 is formed so as to penetrate from the outer surface to the inner surface of the inner lid 15 in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (see FIG. 1).

  The outer lid 16 is formed in the shape of a long rectangular plate and, like the inner lid 15, pivots in the vertical direction about the second pivot shaft 20 disposed at one end (rear end) thereof. The box main body 12 (first storage portion 14) is pivotally attached to the left and right side walls. The second rotation shaft 20 is pivotally attached to the left and right side walls of the box body 12 at the same position as the first rotation shaft 17. The outer lid 16 closes the opening of the outer surface (second storage portion 18) of the inner lid 15 so that it can be opened and closed. In this state, the outer lid 16 abuts the inner surface of the front end portion on the outer surface of the front end portion of the inner lid 15. That is, when the inner lid 15 is rotated upward, the outer lid 16 is similarly rotated upward following this (see FIG. 2).

  The outer lid 16 and the inner lid 15 of the present embodiment both have a mechanism (not shown) that is held in a state in which the storage portions 14 and 18 shown in FIG. Yes. Here, as shown in FIG. 2, a state in which both the inner lid 15 and the outer lid 16 are rotated 90 ° upward and the first storage portion 14 is opened is referred to as an open state of the first storage portion 14. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, in a state where the first storage portion 14 is closed by the inner lid 15, only the outer lid 16 is turned 90 ° upward to open the second storage portion 18. The second storage unit 18 is in an open state.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a protrusion 21 is provided on the inner surface of the front end portion of the outer lid 16. The protrusion 21 protrudes perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the outer lid 16. As shown in FIG. 1, when both the storage portions 14 and 18 are closed, the protrusion 21 has a through hole in a state where the tip end surface (inner surface) is arranged at the same height as the inner surface of the inner lid 15. 19.

  An LED (light emitting diode) module 22 is attached to the front end surface of the protrusion 21. The LED 23 as a light source provided in the LED module 22 is provided so as to protrude from the inner surface of the inner lid 15. The LED 23 is disposed such that the tip end portion is inclined obliquely downward on the front side in the opened state of the first storage portion 14 shown in FIG. That is, the light emitted from the LED 23 of the present embodiment is irradiated to the first storage portion 14 while being inclined from the obliquely upward rear side to the obliquely downward front side (see FIG. 2).

  Further, the console box 11 of the present embodiment is equipped with a sensor or a switch (none of which is shown) that causes the LED 23 to emit light as the outer lid 16 rotates upward. The emission color of the LED 23 is not particularly limited, and a variety of illumination colors may be used by combining a plurality of LEDs 23 having different emission colors. Among these, the light emission color of the LED 23 of the present embodiment is preferably blue or purple which is gentle on the eyes and can exert a mood effect at night.

Next, the operation of the console box 11 of this embodiment will be described below.
When taking out the stored items from the first storage unit 14 at night, first, the inner lid 15 and the outer lid 16 are integrally rotated upward from the closed state of the storage units 14 and 18 shown in FIG. At this time, the LED 23 emits light as the outer lid 16 rotates. As shown in FIG. 2, when the inner lid 15 and the outer lid 16 are integrally rotated by about 90 °, the both 15 and 16 are held in this state, and the first storage portion 14 is opened. Then, the light emitted from the LED 23 is applied to the inside of the first storage portion 14 as indicated by the arrow in FIG.

  At this time, the LED 23 is disposed above the first storage portion 14. That is, in the present embodiment, the stored item stored in the first storage unit 14 is configured to be illuminated from above. For this reason, light is evenly applied to all the stored items from above. Therefore, the user can easily find a desired stored item in a state where the plurality of stored items stored in the first storage unit 14 are evenly illuminated. In addition, the light of the LED 23 is irradiated to the first storage portion 14 while being inclined from the obliquely upward rear side to the obliquely downward front side. For this reason, the inside of the 1st accommodating part 14 is illuminated uniformly over the wide range of the front-back direction.

  Furthermore, the light of the LED 23 used as the light source has excellent directivity, and a predetermined portion (inside the first storage portion 14) is intensively illuminated and is not easily scattered. As a result, the periphery of the user's finger inserted into the first storage unit 14 to illuminate a desired storage item from the first storage unit 14 is particularly brightly illuminated. For this reason, it becomes easy to hold a desired stored item.

  When taking out the stored items in the second storage unit 18 from the closed state of the storage units 14 and 18 shown in FIG. 1, the outer lid 16 is closed with the first storage unit 14 closed by the inner lid 15. Only turn upward. When the outer lid 16 is rotated by approximately 90 °, the outer lid 16 is held in that state, and the second storage portion 18 is opened (see FIG. 3). Then, the light emitted from the LED 23 is applied to the inside of the second storage portion 18 as indicated by the arrow in FIG. Also in this case, as described above, the light of the LED 23 is irradiated to the second storage portion 18 while being inclined from the rear side obliquely upward to the front side obliquely downward, so that the inside of the second storage portion 18 is in the front-rear direction. It is illuminated uniformly over a wide area. As a result, the user can easily find a desired stored item in a state where the plurality of stored items stored in the second storage unit 18 are evenly illuminated.

The effects exhibited by the above embodiment will be described below.
In the present embodiment, the LED 23 is provided on the inner surface of the lid 13. That is, the LED 23 is configured to be positioned above the first storage portion 14 as the lid body 13 rotates upward. For this reason, since the light emitted from the LED 23 is irradiated to the first storage portion 14 while being inclined from above, the inside of the first storage portion 14 can be suitably illuminated over a wide range.

  Moreover, since the light of LED23 is directly irradiated along the linear optical path with respect to the some stored goods in the 1st accommodating part 14, all the stored goods are illuminated equally. Therefore, in the console box 11 of the present embodiment, the light of the LED 23 is blocked by a bulky storage item as in the above-described conventional configuration in which the LED 23 is provided on a part of the side wall constituting the box body 12, and the other storage items. Does not cause inconvenience that it is difficult to be illuminated. As a result, the user can easily and quickly find a desired storage item from the first storage unit 14.

  The LED 23 provided on the outer lid 16 separately illuminates the first storage portion 14 and the second storage portion 18. That is, the first storage unit 14 and the second storage unit 18 are illuminated by the same light source. For this reason, compared with the structure which illuminates each accommodating part 14 and 18 with a respectively different light source, in this embodiment, since a number of parts is reduced, the structure can be simplified.

  The LED 23 is provided at the front end (front end) of the outer lid 16. In this case, as compared with the configuration in which the LED 23 is provided at the base end portion (rear end portion) or the center portion of the outer lid 16, a suitable illumination range for the storage portions 14 and 18 can be ensured.

  The LED 23 protrudes outward from the inner surface of the inner lid 15. For this reason, the light emitted from the LED 23 does not weaken until it reaches the first storage portion 14. That is, almost all of the light from the LED 23 is irradiated into the first storage unit 14. Therefore, the inside of the 1st accommodating part 14 can be illuminated efficiently.

  -In this embodiment, LED23 is employ | adopted as a light source. The light emitted from the LED 23 has excellent directivity, and accordingly, scattering of light in a direction other than a predetermined direction is suitably suppressed. That is, it is possible to efficiently illuminate a desired location (within the storage units 14 and 18).

  In the present embodiment, the LED 23 emits light as the outer lid 16 rotates. That is, when the outer lid 16 is rotated upward to take out the stored items from the storage units 14 and 18, the interiors of the storage units 14 and 18 are automatically illuminated. For this reason, the console box 11 of this embodiment can improve the usability compared with the structure which requires the operation which lights a light source separately after rotating the cover body 13 upwards.

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In addition, this embodiment can also be changed and embodied as follows.
The protrusion 21 may be omitted and the LED 23 (LED module 22) may be accommodated in the through hole 19 of the inner lid 15. In this case, it is preferable to form the through hole 19 in a direction that coincides with the direction in which the LEDs 23 are arranged (the direction from the base end toward the tip end). That is, the through hole 19 is preferably formed so as to be inclined from the distal end side to the proximal end side from the outer surface to the inner surface of the inner lid 15. When configured in this manner, the light of the LED 23 is suitably irradiated into the first storage portion 14 through the through hole 19 in the open state of the first storage portion 14.

  At this time, a transparent or translucent plate-like member (film or sheet) made of methacrylic resin or the like may be provided in the through-hole 19 located below the LED 23 (on the inner surface side of the inner lid 15). In this case, the light from the LED 23 can be reliably irradiated into the storage portions 14 and 18.

  -In this embodiment, although LED23 was provided in the front-end part of the outer cover 16, it is good also as a structure provided in either the center part of the outer cover 16, or a rear-end part. In addition to the front end portion of the outer lid 16, the LED 23 of the present embodiment may be provided on at least one of the central portion and the rear end portion of the outer lid 16. When comprised in this way, the inside of the accommodating parts 14 and 18 can be illuminated more brightly.

  In addition to the inner surface of the outer lid 16, a configuration in which the LED 23 of the present embodiment is provided on the inner surface of the inner lid 15 may be adopted. In this case, a configuration in which the LED 23 is provided on the inner surface of the front end portion of the inner lid 15 is preferable.

  In the present embodiment, the first storage portion 14 is closed by the inner lid 15, but it may be configured to be closed by the outer lid 16. That is, the front end of the inner lid 15 is set to be short, for example, so as to be disposed at the center in the front-rear direction of the outer lid 16. In this case, a configuration in which the inner lid 15 is omitted may be employed.

  -Although LED23 of this embodiment was arrange | positioned in the direction in which the front-end | tip part inclined diagonally below the front side in the open state of the 1st accommodating part 14, the arrangement | positioning direction of the said LED23 is limited to this. It is not a thing. In this case, even if the tip of the LED 23 is oriented in any direction, by providing an optical member such as a prism lens, a diffraction grating, or a reflecting mirror in the vicinity of the LED 23, the light of the LED 23 is directed toward the storage units 14 and 18. Refracted. As a result, the inside of the storage units 14 and 18 can be suitably illuminated.

  The configuration of the present embodiment may also be adopted in the console box 11 in which the lid 13 is slidable in the front-rear direction. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4, a pair of support walls 41 extending in parallel in the front-rear direction of the vehicle are provided on the left and right sides of the box body 12. Guide grooves 42 as guide portions are formed on the inner surfaces of both support walls 41 so as to extend in the front-rear direction of the vehicle. On the other hand, on both side surfaces of the rear end portion of the lid 13, engaging pins 43, 43 as a pair of engaging portions are provided so as to project. An LED 23 similar to that of the present embodiment is attached to the inner surface of the front end portion of the lid 13. The lid 13 is moved rearward from the state (solid line) where the first storage portion 14 is closed by the lid 13 to the position indicated by the two-dot chain line, and the engagement pins 43 and 43 are moved to the inner edge of the guide groove 42. The first storage portion 14 is opened by being engaged with each other. At this time, LED23 is arrange | positioned in the position (above the 1st accommodating part 14) which opposes the 1st accommodating part 14, and the inside of the 1st accommodating part 14 is illuminated from the upper direction by LED23 in this state. In the console box 11 configured to open the first storage portion 14 by moving the lid body 13 forward from the state where the first storage portion 14 is closed by the lid body 13, By providing the LED 23 on the inner surface of the rear end portion of the lid 13, the same effect as described above is exhibited.

-You may provide LED23 similar to this embodiment in the cover body of vehicle storage boxes (glove box etc.) other than the console box 11. FIG.
A bulb bulb may be used as a light source instead of the LED 23.

Further, the technical idea that can be grasped from the embodiment will be described below.
The lid includes an inner lid that closes the opening of the storage portion so as to be openable and closable; and an outer lid that closes an outer surface of the inner lid; and the light source is provided on an inner surface of the outer lid, The vehicle storage box according to claim 2, wherein a through hole for receiving the light source is provided in the other end of the vehicle.

  The lid is configured to be slidable along the opening of the storage unit, the light source is provided at an end of the cover, and the light source is located at a position facing the storage unit when the storage unit is open. The vehicular storage box according to claim 1, wherein the vehicular storage box is arranged in a box. According to this configuration, since the light from the light source is emitted from the position facing the storage unit to the storage unit, the inside of the storage unit can be suitably illuminated.

  Support walls extending in parallel in the vehicle front-rear direction are provided on both sides of the storage unit, and guide portions extending in the vehicle front-rear direction are provided on the inner surface of each support wall, and the lid body has one end thereof. An engaging portion on a side surface of the portion, and the light source on the other end portion, and the lid body extends along the guide portion by engaging the engaging portion with the guide portion. The vehicle storage box according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle storage box is supported so as to be movable in the front-rear direction of the vehicle. According to this configuration, since the inside of the storage unit is illuminated from the outside, the inside of the storage unit can be illuminated over a wide range.

The sectional side view which shows the console box of this embodiment. The sectional side view which shows the same console box in the open state of a 1st accommodating part. The sectional side view which shows the same console box in the open state of a 2nd accommodating part. The side sectional view showing the console box of the example of change.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Console box as a storage box for vehicles, 13 ... Cover body, 14 ... 1st accommodating part, 15 ... Inner lid, 16 ... Outer lid, 17 ... 1st rotating shaft, 18 ... 2nd accommodating part, 19 ... Through hole, 20 ... second rotation axis, 23 ... LED as light source.

Claims (3)

A vehicle storage box comprising a storage portion and a lid that closes and opens the opening of the storage portion,
A storage box for a vehicle, wherein a light source for illuminating the inside of the storage portion is provided on an inner surface of the lid. The vehicle storage box according to claim 1, wherein the lid has a rotation shaft at one end and the light source at the other end. The lid body is composed of an inner lid that closes the opening of the storage portion so as to be openable and closable, and an outer lid that closes the outer surface of the inner lid,
The light source is provided on the inner surface of the outer lid;
The vehicle storage box according to claim 2, wherein a through hole is provided in the other end of the inner lid, and the light source projects from the inner surface of the inner lid through the through hole.

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